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DCITA Annual Report (File size: 5.8Mb)

Report outlining the performance of the Department for the financial year ending 30 June 2006. If you require a copy of the DCITA Annual Report in another format, please telephone Corporate Governance on 02 6271 1574 or email CorpGov@dcita.gov.au.

Letter of transmittal (File size: 150Kb)

Guide to the Annual Report

This report outlines the performance of the Department of Communications, Information Technology and the Arts for the financial year ending 30 June 2006. The report is prepared in accordance with the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet's Requirements for Annual Reports, released in June 2006

Section 1 Overview

This section contains a review of the year by the Department's Secretary and an outline of the Department's roles and functions, organisational structure, portfolio agencies and outcome and output structure.

• Secretary's review
• Departmental overview

DCITA annual report overview (File size: 380Kb)

Section 2 Performance review

This section provides a report on the Department's performance against its outcomes. These outcomes cover arts and culture, sport and communications.

The performance information is reported against the success measures in the 2005–06 PBS and PAES. The success measures are supported by a number of performance indicators in the PBS and PAES. To assist coordination between the documents, a table linking the performance information in the annual report to the PBS or PAES performance indicators is provided at the beginning of each of the outcome reports in section 2.

Outcome 1

Development of a rich and stimulating cultural sector for all Australians

• Resources for Outcome 1
• Performance information index
• Achievement of Outcome
• Administered items
• Output 1.1
• Output 1.2

Outcome 2

Development of a stronger and internationally competitive Australian sports sector and encouragement of greater participation in sport by all Australians

• Resources for Outcome 2
• Performance information index
• Achievement of Outcome
• Administered items
• Output 2.1

Outcome 3

Development of services and provision of a regulatory environment which encourages a sustainable and effective communications sector for the benefit of all Australians and an internationally competitive information economy and information and communications technology industry

• Resources for Outcome 3
• Performance information index
• Achievement of Outcome
• Administered items
• Output 3.1
• Output 3.2
• Output 3.3
• Output 3.4
• Output 3.5

DCITA annual report performance review (File size: 2Mb)

Section 3 Management and accountability

This section reports on the Department's management practices, including its governance arrangements and management of its human and financial resources.

• Corporate governance
• Judicial decisions and decisions of administrative tribunals affecting the operation of the Department
• Client Service Charter
• Management of human resources
• Information technology
• Regional network
• Legal services
• Purchasing
• Consultants
• Competitive tendering and contracting
• Financial management
• Asset Management

DCITA annual report management and accountability (File size: 563Kb)

Section 4 Appendices

The appendices provide supplementary information such as human resource statistics, appearances before parliamentary committees and mandatory reports such as the Department's performance in implementing the Commonwealth Disability Strategy.

• Portfolio agency contact details
• Parliamentary Committees
• External scrutiny
• Legislation and statutory instruments
• Staffing statistics
• Performance Reporting 2005-06
• Freedom of information
• Advertising and market research
• Discretionary grants
• Ecologically Sustainable Development and environmental performance

DCITA annual report appendices (File size: 483Kb)

Section 5 Financial statements

This section contains the Department's audited financial statements for 2005–06.

Following the financial statements is a list of acronyms and an index to assist the reader.

DCITA annual report financial statements (File size: 2Mb)

Section 6 Other information

This section contains a glossary of terms, glossary of acronyms and corrections to the 2004-05 annual report.

• Glossary of terms
• Glossary of acronyms
• Corrections to the 2005-06 annual report

Section 7 Other information, consultancy services contract list

This list contains details for all consultancy contracts let by the Department during 2005-06 to the value of $10 000 or more (inclusive of GST).

DCITA annual report other information (File size: 364Kb)

Copyright statement

ISSN: 1443-8275

Copyright Commonwealth of Australia 2006

This work is copyright. Apart from any use as permitted under the Copyright Act 1968, no part may be reproduced by any process without prior written permission from the Commonwealth, available from the Department of Communications, Information Technology and the Arts.

Requests and inquiries concerning reproduction and rights should be addressed to:
The Commonwealth Copyright Administration
Attorney-General's Department
Robert Garran Offices
National Circuit
Barton ACT 2600

Or posted at www.ag.gov.au/cca

Acknowledgements

The staff photos were taken by Cameron Major.
Design by the Couch.
Printed by National Capital Printing.

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